Assembly calls on Russia to create conditions for Chechnya referendum[30/01/2003]

Declaring that conditions for a referendum on a draft constitution for the Chechen Republic were ''unlikely to be met'' by March 23, the date set for the vote, the Assembly has spelled out the steps the Russian authorities should take to create the necessary conditions for a referendum in the republic including those concerning adequate public security, freedom of association and freedom of political debate through free and independent media. Photo GAMMA